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for example, you might get:

The same activity can, of course, be done as individual or pair
work instead of in the full class.

Note:
The same activity can be used as an introduction to literature.
Take a central theme or concept of a story or poem you are planning
to read with the class, and brainstorm associations in order to open
and direct students' thinking towards the ideas that they will
encounter in the text.

Variation 1:
Instead of inviting free association, limit it in some way. For
example, invite only adjectives that can apply to the central noun, so
'decision' might get words like: free, final, acceptable, wrong, right;
and 'clothes' ones like: black, old, smart, warm, beautiful. Or invite
verbs that can apply to the noun, for example: you can take, make,
agree with, cancel or confirm a decision; and you can wear, tear,

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